Red Lobster in Grand Forks - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

I've already reviewed on doordash, but there is a reason you guys tend to be my favorite restaurant chain :3

Oysters lobster yum yummy clam chowder 😋. Hit the spot on this rainy day.

Had stuffed flounder with Lobster 🦞 and stuffed baked potato 🥔 with lobster. Tasted great 👍.

Food was spectacular. The service was even better! Our server, Danny, was extremely attentive to our needs and we never had an empty glass!

It's not about being perfect, it's about making it right. This is a philosophy that many in the service industry should understand. Grand Forks Red Lobster, at least for us, went above and beyond. We ordered a curbside to-go order. We got our food, went home and discovered they forgot to give us a bag. Not only did they fix the error, the carry-out manager made sure the missing items were delivered. They also made promises surrounding the mistake, and delivered on each of those promises. I tipped the person who delivered our order, and given the end result of the experience, I probably should have tipped her more. So...what could have been an incredibly negative experience, was turned, incredibly positive. I can't express my gratitude enough. Thank you.

Just wanted to shoot a little praise Julie’s way. We come often and she was the best waitress! So kind to our little 4-year-old girl as well. Our daughter is usually shy but with Julie she was ordering her own food and chatting away with her. She overheard our daughter asking for a lemon and showed up a moment later with a dish of lemon wedges for her. She goes above and beyond. There was a mix-up with which meat belonged on a salad and her attitude remained positive and pleasant throughout the visit- she fixed the issue immediately. On our way out she said goodbye to our daughter and thanked her for her wonderful manners. She’s a wonderful example of how all servers should be. I hope she’s working again next time we come as she really made our night with her wonderful personality. Please pass it along to her that she is a wonderful person and truly made our night so much better. I hope she knows how special she is. The world needs more people like Julie!

I came here with a friend because I was having a hankering for some lobster. Was not disappointed. Got the dual lobster combo with mashed potatoes and broccoli. Also got lobster flatbread appetizer was also really good.

For 10 minutes we politely sat at our booth after being seated by the less than enthusiastic hostess. We observed many waiters and waitresses walk by. The restaurant was maybe 1/4 full - so not a busy night in any way. Not a SINGLE person acknowledged that we were there or said "we'll be with you shortly". One waitress was 12 feet away standing at the computer the entire 10 minutes we were sitting in the booth. When we decided a restaurant like this didn't deserve our business, we got up and put our coats on. The waitress that had been at the computer turned around, looked at us getting ready to leave, said nothing, and then turned back to the computer to resume what she was doing. Side note - our last visit to the Red Lobster was for a Christmas party a few months prior. The service was equally as slow and TERRIBLE but we wanted to give them another chance, hoping that it was only terrible because we were with a larger group. The food was great, but I've worked as a waitress in the food service industry enough years to know that the poor service is unacceptable and not worth it even for good food.

The server was attentive, knowledgeable and nice. The scampi and walts shrimp were delicious. Only complaint was the Blue Moon on tap that was on the menu, not available.

My food was hot and fresh. The server, Dariana was attentive.

Alyssa was so sweet even tho they were slammed! Food was so delicious as always every employee was doing a great job at their busiest hour.

Julie R was such a a delight and we are so glad we had her as our waitperson. She was attentive and kind and made our experience so much better!

It has been a long time since we last eat here so we decided to stop in at the Rockford location. Our server Mitzi was the best! So friendly and quick and helpful! She really made the experience great.

alyssa was very wonderful !! she really knows what she’s doing. 10/10 recommend. steak & lobster was perfect!

Clam strips were a tad overcooked, but otherwise good food

Very polite people and nice atmosphere.

It was absolutely amazing. I had the all you can eat shrimp and tried every variety, and they were all top shelf.

Tried the calamari it was insanely delicious! Even though it was valentines day and they were busy, pur server was super attentive and made sure to take care of pur table!

It's sad to say that it wasn't busy but had to wait 45 minutes for our food to arrive. It was loch warm. No taste at all on the steaks or coleslaw.

My husband & i had a late lunch at the Grand Forks Red Lobster yesterday. Our experience was excellent. The food was incredible & our server did an excellent job. She was attentive & professional! Thank you!

Worst service I've experienced. Greg should find a new job!

The stuffed flounder with lobster was excellent. I ordered the new Orleans salmon and it was perfect. Excellent chef made a wonderful meal.

So far always good food and service.

Great food and good mixed drinks!

Waited in line a realy long time, 45 minutes and they so 30 minute wait. One waitress on duty and the hosted that was seating people Just stood there when she could of been helping her ALITTLE more.

No bartender drinks where bad but where taken off bill so that was awesome

Every thing was good, but not great. Portion sizes are smaller, and prices have increased. The restaurant is in need of a remodel &/or update. The temperature was cool enough to wear my coat during the meal.

It was rather cold in there so I can't give the atmosphere

I went here on Christmas Eve. The restaurant was fairly busy with all of the servers that I saw having multiple tables. DelRae was my server and she made sure my experience was good. I bought some cheddar bay biscuits and dessert to go, as I was meeting some friends for the holiday. I did have to wait a little while for the food, but it was reasonable considering the number of tables being taken cared of on the holiday. Everyone enjoyed the food, and I would go back again.

Great experience, great food and great service!

Food was good but the Salmon was undercooked and we got sick later on. Might be different if you dine in, idk. Biscuits smashed though ❤️

A good place to go when you have a craving for seafood. The staff are very friendly, service is excellent. Food is good and prices are reasonable.

Tried to get some extra biscuits to take home to the kids was told we'd be charged for them if we were going to take them home for a $108 seems like a couple of biscuits wouldn't be that big of a deal.. Then when we tried to go to the front to pay our bill and we were chased down by the manager. I'm assuming thinking we were going to dine in dash Not a great ending to our anniversary dinner. The food was O k, though not really sure if it was worth a $108.

This used to be one of my favorite go-to restaurants in Grand Forks. It's definitely not anymore. I don't know if it's management, or staff, or what, but its struggling. We arrived at 5 pm on Friday and was told it would be a 55 to 65 minute wait. The small lobby was over flowing with anxious patrons, but we only saw 3 or 4 tables in the restaurant with people at them, so we were a little confused. After waiting for an hour and 15 minutes, we were seated. Still only about half the tables were full. Our waitor came by to tell us he had to run food out to a table, but would be back soon to get our drink order. About 15 minutes later he came back and asked us for drinks. We had already picked our food, so we gave him both drink and food orders. He apologized again and said he would be back with drinks and biscuits. About another 15 minutes later he came back with drinks and biscuits. It took 45 minutes for food to arrive. Food was sub bar for my family and mine was bad. I ordered simple fish and chips. My fish was one very small piece of fish that was so dried out and shriveled I could barely chew it. Very similar to jerky. Very over cooked. I was not thrilled. The passing supervisor heard me telling my wife about if and apologized and said he would get new fish made. Another half hour passed and the supervisor came over to tell me the kitchen forgot to put that new fish in and said he had them put it in and would hopefully be out soon. I sighed. I waited. I had also been out of my drink since before my first food arrived. It was now almost 8 pm. Three hours since we arrived. I was tired of waiting for my drink and the replacement fish. We flagged down a server and asked for our check. A few minutes later our original waiter came over with the check and I told him about the fish that was re-oreder and that never arrived. He was clueless and didn't even offer to look into it or do anything about it. But like I said, I am not sure if it's bad management, poor staffing, or kitchen staff issues, but as a Grand Forks local who used to frequent Red Lobster, after this experience it will be a long time before I give it another try.

Our waitress was fabulous always friendly severce

60 minute wait was too long for a week

Let me start out by saying the food was very good and my server was very attentive. It was the front of the house, that is making me question whether I want to come back again. Sat in the waiting area for 50 minutes, assuming they were very busy. Only to get walked back to our table to see eight empty tables. There is no reason we couldn't at least be sitting at our table while waiting for a server. The azure tinted lady at the front, well she just made me not a fan anymore.

My husband's lobster came out almost raw. They didn't charge us for it but he didn't get to eat. we chose not to wait for it to be made again. Our server was very kind, we tipped him well. It's not his fault the food wasn't done.

We had a wonderful meal here last night. It took a little longer than expected to get a table, but it was worth the wait. You don't usually go to Red Lobster for steak, but let me tell you, it was delicious! If you're there on a Wednesday night, get the steak and lobster tail daily special. Great price for great food! The steak was cooked perfectly and had just the right amount of seasoning. And of course the lobster tail was excellent. Our server was terrific and took great care of us. Highly recommended!

Enjoy the whole experience. Food was great, service was wonderful, minimum amount of time before we were seated. After we were seated, did have to wait a little bit before we got some garlic biscuits, but everyone knows they are worth the wait.

I love shrimp, but their Cheddar Bay biscuits are ALWAYS my go-to! Yummy 😋

If I can give zero stars, today would be the day I would. :( had the “new” lobster duo, and all I can say is what a shame. One lobster was extremely over done with tiny pieces of shell in it and one lobster was very under done. The whole meal came out cold. My husband had the two Maine lobster tail dinner and his was very under cooked and cold. He had Brussel sprouts and mashed potatoes. Again, everything was cold. Such and unpleasant experience. Unfortunately I asked the sever for a vodka ginger and she didn’t know what vodka was 🤦🏻‍♀️. We had to sit in the bar bc there was no table ready for at least an hour and the place had maybe 20 people there. Coming from Canada and paying for this meal with exchange rate was 210$ Canadian - such a massive waste of money. We won’t be back. And we will tell our seafood lover friends to not waste their time or money. So sad to see a seafood place that once thrived go down this bad. And that’s what it was …. Very bad. I can cook better lobster at home.

Thank you for the great service, delicious food and the gift card for our anniversary today. What a wonderful unexpected gift.

I dont like giving bad reviews but this is the 2nd time I have tried to eat at this red lobster their service is terrible! I was told a 45-50 minute wait which is a long time but I had nowhere to be. I waited an hour and 20 minutes and they didn't serve us so we walked out and went somewhere else. I will never go back the place wasn't even busy at all. Other red lobsters I have been to are great but not the grand forks one... never again

I used to love Red Lobster, but this one has gone way downhill. We stood up front waiting for the hostess for 5-10 minutes. No one was around, no one was even at the bar. She never apologized for the wait. She told us it was 30-40 minutes to wait for 2 people at almost 2 in the afternoon and the parking lot was empty. Last time we tried to eat here, it was the same experience a few months ago.

Endless shrimp has to be one of my favorites! Yum

We walked in at 7:55 no one at the front desk. We waited for a full 5 minutes . We then Walked to the server area. No one acknowledged us. I stopped a girl and asked if we just seat ourselves as no one was at the desk. She said she was just on her way. She then turned around to talk to a server trying to figure out where they should seat us. We left. We didn’t feel welcome or wanted. The restaurant was open until 9. We turned around and left.

My family and I recently ate here and it was a 2.5 hour process. There were maybe 10 cars in the parking lot when we walked in they told us it would be 30 min wait. Which is frustrating with 3/4 of the seats open in the restaurant. It then took a good 30 mins to get our food. Our waiter was very attentive if we needed anything. Last time we ate here was a year ago and it was the same experience. Very disappointing.

I honestly can’t believe this restaurant is still in business. I do understand that it’s hard to find good help but then maybe they shouldn’t be open. We opted to sit at the bar because there was a thirty minute wait for a table. The hostess told us there was only one other person eating in there. The bartender told us a couple minutes. We waited 25 minutes and then left. She never even asked us for a drink order. There was people waiting in there for 40 minutes for Togo orders! I just can not believe the costumer service these days, I think it’s become a thing of the past. You work hard for your money and with the cost of everything these days, it’s really sad to believe a restaurant like red lobster could be so disappointing. It’s not like we went to a pizzeria. But after we left there, Culver’s was definitely a better option.

All u can eat shrimp. Loved the new dragon shrimp. My plate after I ate like a pig!!

It was a great night at Red Lobster with my mother. We both ordered the ‘Ultimate Endless Shrimp’ for $20. Loved the food. Our server was pretty amazing. Most of all, it was a wonderful and memorable supper with my mother. I loved to see her smile while we were enjoying our shrimp. My mother even shares… “I had a most rewarding supper with my son. I had a gift certificate for ‘Red Lobster.’ Needless to say, we had outstanding service & both had 3 kinds of awesome shrimp. I have not been to ‘Red Lobster’ in a very long time, but will definitely go back sooner next time.”

We once had a waitress here that was absolutely phenomenal. I have not seen her in a few years, but the service from the other waitresses is also good. The food was quite expensive, but I was able to find something affordable on the menu. I was surprised that there was a 12-year-old's birthday party going on. There were kids crying, which I didn't really mind, but it did affect the atmosphere.

Long wait due to the kitchen being overwhelmed. But the food was delicious.

Food was delicious but service a little slower than usual.

Jaw droppingly unprofessional. Cant comment on the food bc they rejected us even with a reservation. Called in hours in advance and made a reservation for 6 . 6. Not 20. The hostess took the reservation and repeated the details back at least 3 times including our phone #. We drove over 1 hour to get there and this same hostess refused to seat us bc "they are short staffed". There were 8 people sitting waiting for a table. I asked if they all had reservations too and was told "we cant seat you bc we are short staffed". I asked them what the difference was between 3 tables of 2 or 1 table of 6. I got a blank stare. I asked to speak with the manager bc this hostess didnt even bother to call us to cancel it! She came back and told me both managers were unavailable bc they were busy in the kitchen. Are they chefs? There were literally a half dozen cars in the parking lot and 80% of the tables were EMPTY. Apparently the managers were busy in the kitchen and didnt have the nads to come talk to me. The hostess was painful to talk to. Disgusting service all around. Olive Garden down the street were packed but did everything they could to get us in WITHOUT a reservation. Olive garden was beyond amazing..will be rating them next. Short staffed eh? Maybe bc you suck? Your managers are weiners (i have a better word but would be inappropriate in a google review) and your hostess is a robot with zero customer service skills (forehead slap). Go anywhere else people! (Negative stars)

If I could put as zero for service I would. They took 40 minutes to serve me. The food wasn't that great. Never again will i go to this restaurant. I wouldn't recommend it.

After having the cheddar bay biscuits and the bowl of clam chowder for an appetizer and the Admirals feast I had plenty to take home.

Food is OK, staff is friendly. They are chronically understaffed, resulting in very frequent HIGH wait times.

Pretty good service and food!! My only complaint dont eat the lobster bisque

Excellent waitress. Hot food with good noon lunches.

Excellent service and food. Food was very hot and the biscuits melt in your mouth .Table of 14 our waitress did fantastic.

Definitely dropping in quality of food but the service is good

Had to try the lobster and shrimp tacos during Lobsterfest. Very tasty and good sized portions. Three tacos will fill you up. Can't miss with their biscuits either. Our server, Alison was very friendly and knew when to check on us. Overall a good visit, just a little on the expensive side for lunch.

great lunch time experience. Our waitress was great

It was pretty nice. Good food, they were short staffed though and it was about a 45 minute wait, but once we did start gettkng service the waitress was very kind.

Overall was ok. I went on the app to get on wait list, it said it would be 40 minute wait. We waited 30 minutes and went to restaurant, when I checked in they said they weren't using the app for seating. Had to wait another 40 minutes. Food was very good, service was ok, people seated after us were served before us by same waitress serving us. Overall almost 3.5 hours from making reservation to leaving restaurant.

Had the bar harbor last night. Worst lobster I’ve ever tasted! Made me sick to my stomach

Crustaceans galore. I love them all.

Ate oysters and had beer at the bar. They were awesome Very prompt service

Love the Red Lobster in Grand Forks second best restaurant in town. Service was a little choppy but the food made up for it.

Received our salads after the main course.

I love seafood, but I must say Red lobster's portions have gotten smaller and the prices heftier

Just as expensive as ever. No where near the former level of service and quality. Thr cheddar bay biscuits, after nearly an hour when we finally got some, were great. The drinks were great, after we were able to find something we wanted that the bartender could understand and had the ingredients for. Our lobster lovers feast was overcooked, and the pasta was dry instead of creamy.

Our waitress was great, but so short staffed she was set up to fail. Food was good but was a long wait and would have been nice to know in advance that we would be waiting an hour or longer to get food to our table.

Had the salmon and shrimp and coleslaw would have been better off going to Sam’s Club for $3 hotdogs service was absolutely negative and when you walk out all you see full dishes of coleslaw what does that tell you and how does a restaurant run out of potatoes unbelievable wife had steak and shrimp she said it was ok this was Feb 19/23 thanks

Fantastic seafood. Fantastic service. Fantastic prices.

Food was great service was acceptable waiter was very forgetful and all over the place wasn't very busy at the time. Atmosphere sucked cause our whole time was spent listening to a very tired whining , crying child from the time they walked in till they left.

We've never had a bad experience at this place. This last time our app was running a little late so they comped us before we even asked and the manager brought the dish out to the table. Both the manager and staff are very friendly. They are doing something right over there and other businesses in GF should take notice.

Where do I start? For one… our experience at this location was phenomenal. We had a great waitress, the location was clean and our food was served hot and ready quickly. My family and I were traveling from Williston and we were in a large rental vehicle. I made the mistake of taking my house keys with my wallet attached and my car key attached inside to the restaurant out of habit. Well, I left my keys behind inside of Red Lobster. By the time I got home (6 hours) away, I realized this and started calling around. I called Red Lobster and a nice gentleman by the name of David answered the phone. I asked if there were keys left behind and he quickly told me yes. He was very pleasant to speak with. I asked him kindly if he would be okay with sending my keys to me and tried to figure out ways to do so. He told me without hesitation he would help me and he had no issues going to UPS for me. I was so happy. I ended up going onto the shippers website and when I did so, it had an option to schedule a pickup. So I did. I sent the label to David and let him know. The following day, I saw traction and saw that my keys were on their way. Yay!! Later come to find out the shipper lost my package an investigation was open and then they sent my keys back to Grand Forks to Red Lobster. It’s very humbling to reach out to people you don’t know and ask forget another favor. You feel like an annoyance, however I called and asked for David. He was not in but Emily was. Emily was so pleasant, empathetic and patient. She assured me that she would get my keys sent out to me. I created another label and my keys were driven to UPs and were shipped to me. I didn’t have to bug them. I just communicated. I felt like a pest by nature but they never made me feel like one. I never heard a sigh, a mumble or grumble. They were so helpful. The next time I am in Grand Forks, I will leave my keys in the rental if we travel with one and then I will gladly come in, order and enjoy my meal. I will always support this location because this group of people (waitress and managers) were so amazing!!! Thank you Red Lobster Team!! I got my keys and had the greatest experience with you all. In the restaurant and outside. I am so thankful to you all.

Our visit to this Red Lobster was amazing!!! What made it so much more amazing, outside of the food was our waitress! She made our visit so awesome! Her name is Faustina. Ray of sunshine, beautiful on the outside as well on the inside. She had no complaints on the very many trips we had her make. She was on top of all of our drinks, she was so kind and pleasant. She made all of us feel great and especially my cousin for her “half birthday”. If you ever see this, Faustina… please continue being you. Please continue to keep a smile on your face. Please continue to remain happy and never stop. You stood out to us so much and I thank you!!!

Had a great experience. Our server was Jenna she was attentive and always available when we needed refills. She was super kind and the food was great :) highly recommend :)

Jenna our server was amazing. Almost automatic service when asked for anything and had our orders in and on the table in no time at all. Best waitress we've had in a long time. Absolutley amazing service.

Red Lobster your kitchen manager presented me some discrimination behavior regarding to a disability and gender role at the time

Only waited 20 minutes for a seat so sat at the bar and had a drink waiting for seat. Server was very good and food was hot and really good.

Great food. Great service. Nice place to eat.

We were set down among 1 and 3 booths. One booth had sheet rock workers in it. They left and the booth was cover in sheet rock dust and it was all over the floor and seats. The other tables were needing busing too. We ordered our food and for the price I was underwhelmed. The lobster was over cooked and rubbery. We were there for 1 hour and the tables were left dirty. I brought my fiancé there to show her a nice place because that is what I remember what it used to be. She was surprised that it looked very casual almost unkempt for a place that charges upscale prices.

We showed up on a Saturday around 2pm with about 5 cars in the parking lot. When we walked in, there were 2 or 3 parties waiting to be seated. We were told a 30-40 minute wait. We left and went to Texas Roadhouse who had a full lot and they seated us right away. They must not be paying people a competitive wage?

Second time now, a lot of tables open but still we have to wait 30min just to be seated.

The food was expensive but it was worth it.

I arrived at Red Lobster in Grand Forks at 5:30. I noticed there were hardly any cars in the parking lot. I went inside and there were very few people in the restaurant. I ordered a 20 once beer and waited over 10 minutes for it. I also ordered my meal at the same time I ordered my beer. I had lobster stuffed mushrooms which took over 20 minutes to get. My meal came 15 minutes after my app. My baked potato was warm not hot, my salmon was almost cool and my shrimp was cool. I didn't get nor was I offered any hot drawn butter for my lobster. All in all I won't be back. The waitress mentioned they are short staffed, like everywhere. Start paying a decent wage get some help and your business might get back on track like it was before the pandemic.

We originally went on Friday, Nov 5th, but we were told it would be an hour wait. We tried calling for a reservation on Sat, Nov 6th, & we were told they only accept reservations for parties of 5 or more ppl, not for two ppl, so we went again. This time we were told it was a 30min wait, & decided to stay. Turns out it wasn't that they were filled w/ customers, but that they only had 2 ppl working short staffed, & only had 2ppl working, as hostess, waitress & busboy, so only about 5 tables were being used that weekend! But the food ordered was great, as was our waitress/hostess. But they lost many customers both nights, being so short staffed!!

Frequent diners. Pleasant experience. My wife and I enjoy having Julie as our server. She always takes good care of us.

Waited 45 minutes for food, the only explanation was, after our server walked by us as we asked her, "it's coming, we're short staffed". I would have waited forever if she let us know, checked in on us (we got no refills on drinks or biscuits) or acted like she cared when we did ask her

The service could be better, barely full restaurant and still had to wait to be seated for over 20 minutes only one other family actually in the restaurant in front of us waiting for a table. The food is good but slow coming out.

So incredibly slow with an empty restaurant. 1.5 hours to get our food. Our waitress was good and attentive to our table, but not many people have 2.5 hours to eat mediocre butter soaked shrimp. I will think twice about ever going here again.

If you like to be ignored by several staff members, then this is the place to go!!!

I’ve been here two weeks in a row and going again tonite. I’m not from Grandforks but do know the kid named Dylan is one of the most polite kids I’ve seen work here in the 30 years I’ve been going to this place. You couldn’t ask for a better waiter then him. He deserve to get a hell of a lot More money then the North Dakota law lets restaurant workers make. If you see this younger kid try get him as your waiter and you will enjoy your dine in allot better then most! 🤘🏻

Best service I've ever had. Didn't have to ask for a thing it just appeared on the table. It was a great dining experience

Waitress was bad. FOOD was even worse! Our Daughter got sick as the lobster tail looked raw. No hot butter to even warm it up. Fries were cold and too salty. My fish was not hot either. Expensive and not good.

10 cars in the parking lot yeah no wait.....50 minutes later it will be another 10 to 15 minutes....BWW's here we come.